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Today, we toured some of the Normandy Beaches and learned more about them. We got dressed in our Sunday best and went to see Omaha Beach. We went inside to discover a bit more about D-Day and the following events. We then went to a French ward for church. I was surprised that they had translators! But we shared one translator, so the majority of the meeting was completely foreign. We left after Sacrament meeting and met a ...

... under 2 hrs. It was a fast train but not as smooth as our trip from Amsterdam. In Caen we found the taxi rank and a taxi driver, who was not impressed with losing her place in the taxi line for a short trip. Felt a little like Melbourne Airport to Keilor East. My initial reaction to our place here was of a backpackers hostel. You need to swipe a card to get in the front door and then a code to access the ...

... rented for the 9 days. After picking up the car, we headed to our house in Ouistreham with a stop at the Carrefour supermarche in between to pick up a few things. We met Marie Claude, another cute little lady of petite stature, who gave us a tour, showed us the works of the household , served up a delicious "tarte aux pommes", and traditional Normand cider. We had made arrangements at the cafe ...

... our talk outside, where we were shown the original Pegasus Bridge, which had to be replaced in the late 90's because it was too narrow and unable to cope with modern vehicles. We also saw the remains of a Horsa, which had carried jeeps and Paratroopers to the Bridges. Most of the gliders disintegrated on impact because they were travelling at about 80 mph, when landing, and were made of thin plywood covered with canvas! There is also a Bailey Bridge on ...

... her lunch was. She ordered a salad with what seemed to be various duck parts and I could tell she was just powering through...something was not right. I asked to try a piece and I found out why...most disgusting duck ever!!! Oh well...she tried!

We headed over to the Normandy American Memorial...this was not going to be your typical tourist attraction. We learned so much and tried to imagine the setting on ...